Junior Analyst​/Analyst

Climate Policy Initiative is seeking a Junior Analyst/Analyst for a full-time, 18-month fixed-term contract in Bristol, UK. The role involves supporting the Net Zero Finance Tracker and analyzing climate finance data. Candidates will collaborate with international partners and contribute to research projects focused on financial sector transitions and climate policy. Previous experience in finance or climate policy is advantageous.
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Full time, 18 months - Fixed Term Contract
About CPI

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) works to improve the most important energy and land use policies around the world, with a particular focus on finance. CPI supports decision makers through in-depth analysis on what works and what does not. CPI works in places that provide the most potential for policy impact, including Brazil, Europe, India, Indonesia, Kenya and the United States. Our work helps nations grow while addressing increasingly scarce resources and climate risk.

This is a complex challenge in which policy plays a crucial role. CPI is a small but dynamic organization, with a global reach and an entrepreneurial culture. We work hard to maintain an idea-driven, collaborative environment across all our teams.

CPI’s Climate Finance program guides decision makers who are working to ensure economic growth while addressing increasingly scarce resources and climate risk. Enough capital exists to transition the world into a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. However, current investment in climate-friendly development falls far short of the need. CPI works to redirect finance from high- to low-carbon activities and helps decision makers use their resources wisely.

We provide much-needed information on climate finance flows, apply in-depth analysis to guide decision makers on their efforts, and support innovation in finance to address investors’ needs and lower costs.
Position Summary

The successful candidate will work across the organisation, with a focus on CPI’s Tracking financial sector transition workstream. The candidate will primarily support method development and analysis for CPI’s Net Zero Finance Tracker (NZFT). The tool provides the most robust and transparent data on the global financial sector’s transition to net zero, informing policy direction, investment strategy, and advocacy decisions. Additionally, the candidate will support the Global Landscape of Climate Finance, the most comprehensive dataset and analysis of global climate financing available, used extensively in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Reports.

In conducting analysis, the Junior Analyst will work in close cooperation with a range of international partners from the policy, finance, and corporate spheres, as well as with CPI teams throughout the world. Previous work experience with financial institutions/coalitions, transition plans and net zero frameworks, climate policy, or regulation are valuable assets.
Primary

Duties & Responsibilities
• Map and perform rigorous analysis of transition plans, net zero frameworks and disclosure regulation, as well as a review of existing data initiatives to be integrated in the dashboard.
• Efficiently collect and analyse varied and cross-disciplinary data to incorporate into useable and reportable formats. This will include but is not limited to investment data and transaction and impact attributes.
• Under the direction of senior staff, contribute to the design, management, and implementation of complex research assignments and analytical projects
• Engage clients and peers throughout the research process and advise policymakers on the implications of research findings
• Assist in the writing and editing of high-quality CPI products, including full reports, executive summaries, blogs, and presentations
• Communicate and collaborate with CPI staff working around the globe
• Produce high-quality materials on demanding deadlines
Qualifications
• BA or BS degree required with coursework in finance, economics, and policy.
• Master's degree in finance, and economics or a related, quantitatively rigorous field strongly preferred
• At least two years of professional experience.
Valued experience and skills
• Experience analysing transition plan / net zero frameworks and disclosure regulation, and/or climate finance, and/or energy and climate markets
• Knowledge of SQL, R, Python
• Independent, analytical mind with a track record of applying sound financial, political and strategic judgment to complex issues
• Flexibility, professionalism, enthusiasm for…